Date Formatting Examples

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# Project Name - DATE FORMATTING EXAMPLES

# Recipe URL - https://app.lingk.io/a/10932/tf/17855

# Description - # This recipe parses some static dates and shows how to convert them into other formats.
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# Industry - Higher Ed
# Business Process - Graduate Reporting

# Systems - 
# Connectors - JSON
# Data Flows - Single Direction
# Connection Type - JSON

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# CONNECTORS specify what data will be pulled into the in-memory database during processing

connectors:

# JSON Setup - https://help.lingk.io/en/articles/74-json-connector-reference

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    name: placeholder
    type: json
    properties:
      jsonObject: "[]"

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# STATEMENTS specify how the data should be processed while in memory

statements:

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# to_date : convert a string a date object
# to_timestamp : convert a string a timestamp object
 # Then - through "date_format" function it provides the format needed to the date retrieved

- statement: |
      (dates) => select 
              to_date("01/18/99", 'MM/dd/yy'),
              to_date('2009-07-30 04:17:52'),
              to_date('2016-12-31', 'yyyy-MM-dd'),
              to_timestamp('2016-12-31', 'yyyy-MM-dd'),
              date_format(to_date("01/18/99", 'MM/dd/yy'), 'yyyy-MM-dd'),
              date_format(to_date("2009-07-30 04:17:52"), 'EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy'),
              date_format(current_timestamp(), 'EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy'),
              date_format(current_timestamp(), "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'")
  #- statement: print dates

# Add more statements to convert, join, aggregrate, transform, and integrate your data